EDMONTON --
Parkview is welcoming all Edmontonians to try out its life-sized Snakes and Ladders starting Thursday.
The chalk-painted board is about 36 square metres in size and features all the classic game's essentials – from ladders that give players a boost up, to snakes that mean progress could soon slither away – all laboriously painted by a handful of volunteers.
"It's iconic. It's like the Monopoly board; it's special," said Kristie Edwardsen, the mom of four, teacher, artist and Parkview resident who led the initiative.
She also spearheaded a chalk-painted Monopoly board in Crestwood a year earlier.
"We saw how much it brought joy, connection, in a safe way – socially distanced, of course," she recalled.